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Mr. Michael J. Durham has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cognizant Associates Inc. since 2000. Mr. Durham served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Sabre Holdings Inc., (The Sabre Group) from March 1995 to October 1999. He has extensive experience in the travel and tourism industry. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sabre Inc. (now Sabre GLBL Inc.) from July 1996 to October 1999 and served as its President from March 1995 to ... October 1999. He served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of American Airlines Group Inc. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of American Airlines, Inc. from October 1989 to March 1995 and also served as its Senior Vice President of Finance. He spent 16 years with American. He worked at EXE Technologies, Inc. He served as the Chairman of Hotwire, Inc. He served as the Non-Executive Chairman of Acxiom Corporation since November 2007 and served as its Director from February 28, 2006 to August 16, 2012. He served as the Non Executive Chairman of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. from January 20, 2004 to February 2011 and its Director from February 25, 2003 to April 18, 2012. He has been a Director at Cambridge Capital Acquisition Corporation since November 2013 and Travelport Worldwide Limited since October 1, 2014. He has been an Independent Director of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and The Hertz Corporation since November 2006. He serves on the board of two privately-held organizations: Culligan International and MediaShift (also known as Travel Ad Network, Inc.). He serves as a Director of Travelport Limited, FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc., and SCI Solutions, Inc. (formely, Scheduling.com Inc.). He served as a Member of Business Advisory Board at Deem, Inc. He served as a Director of Hotwire, Inc., Northwest Airlines, Inc., AGL Resources Inc. from July 2003 to April 30, 2008, Kinko's Inc. and GridOne Advisory Corp. He served as an Independent Director of Northwest Airlines, LLC (alternate name, Northwest Airlines Corporation) from May 31, 2007 to October 2008. He served as a Director of Sabre Holdings, and Fairchild/Dornier Aerospace Corporation. He served as a Director of Bombardier Inc. from February 14, 2005 to October 2007. He also served as a Member of the Business Advisory Board of Rearden Commerce Inc. He serves on the Board of visitors of the University Medical Center in Dallas and is a Member of the University of Rochester Honorary Trustees' Alumni Council. Mr. Durham received a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Accounting from the Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Rochester.

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